At what point do you plan to jump off the ledge. 'Cuz the Bears are going to lose next week, too.

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He had more than a few. 3 ended up being mistakes and he's lucky a couple others didn't get picked, too.

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It's a 16 week marathon.

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Cutler did not have a very good game, Nas. There is a lot of blame to go around and injuries were a factor for sure, but if Cutler does not play quite a bit better than he did yesterday the Bears will probably miss the playoffs.

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Cutler had 350 yards on 49 attempts. Those are pedestrian numbers for a pedestrian quarterback.

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What 3? The first pick was clearly on Bennett. The ONLY true mistake he made was testing a 500 lb lineman. That was just an awful play to call.

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Correct. The yards per attempt is what matters, not total yards. And the defense was going against one of the worst offenses in the NFL.

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I agree. I expect him to. No reason to panic after 1 game.

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Are you fucking kidding me right now? Stop trolling.

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Exactly. I heard Rich Gannon say earlier today. I'm not concerned about Cutler because "he can clean up those mistakes."

Umm, no he can't. He's 30 years old and he's made the same dumb mistakes his whole career. Why do people continually assume Cutler will change his approach to the game?

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He had 2 interceptions. One of them were clearly his fault and the other wasn't. He was off the mark on a couple other throws just like every QB in the NFL can be. Those passes didn't result in a turnover. He should have had another touchdown too if we are counting misses. Forte dropped the ball.

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Flea flicker - Jay Cutler forces the ball to Alshon to salvage a crappy trick play. Alshon was forced to hold Graham's arm and luckily OPI wasn't called.

Pinned in own 10-15 Cutler forced a "go up and get it" to Alshon I believe and ref bailed out Cutler by calling a imaginary DPI.

Later in the 3rd I think in the same drive he tosses a ball in the middle and lucky bounce went right into Morgan's chest.

Overtime I believe he throws a ball to Holmes and nearly gets picked.

His game could've been much worse.

That play to Forte was good defense, too. If we're looking to blame other members of the offense, lets start getting after Brandon Marshall for putting the ball on the carpet twice.

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That last play in regulation for the Bears - the pass to Holmes on 3rd down - was clear defensive pass interference. Graham was hugging him for 10 yards starting at the line of scrimmage. It was ridiculous.

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Why is Jay Cutler the only QB in the entire league who gets to blame his interceptions on his receivers? And why does it always magically happen to just him?

I figured it out, guys. Cutler is just unlucky. He averages about 20 interceptions a year, all of which are the fault of his receivers.

Beyond that, Cutler should have had about 3 more interceptions yesterday.

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I thought so too DR, but there were at least two other holding/PI calls that went the Bears way that I thought should have been no calls. The refs definitely helped the Bears out yesterday.

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It was not an awful play to call. It was an awful pass to atempt. Cutler had a list of options he could have done instead of throwing it to a DL.

I don't disagree but that one was so obvious at such a critical point of the game, it's hard to leave that as a make-up call.

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We should stop feeding Nas. He hated Cutler as much as anyone last year. I don't know what the act is about.

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Cutler is the Jeff Samaridja of football.

It's weird; in the NBA, guys with all the "physical tools" are often deemed to be bad basketball players. Tyrus Thomas, Eddy Curry, etc...

But Jay Cutler continually gets slack because of his physical tools. Outside of one year in Denver, he's never really even been above average. It's an odd dynamic.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

The Niners are going to run for 300 yards against this team next week.

It's going to be ugly.

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I said many times I was a huge Cutler fan but he disappointed me. I remember him playing at a high level in Year 2 under Martz with very few weapons. I am excited to see what he can in Year 2 under Trestman with great weapons. It isn't an act.

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I'm giving you an out here. Take it and run.

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He isn't the only one. When you watch the entire game it's not hard to see when the QB was at fault. He's also not the only QB that throws a bad pass or 2 that could have been intercepted.

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The defense, especially, looked sloppy. They're lucky they were playing a poor offense. They had very little pressure on passing downs and their run defense made some huge mistakes. The offense looked as expected. You can see the potential but …
That's kind of my problem with this whole team. I have no reason to believe they'll reach their perceived potential. Cutler is the exact same guy he's always been. If he can ever learn to give up on a play, then he'd be fine. But he won't, so the offense will be frustrating, high scoring, and inconsistent all year.
The defense has Mel Tucker weighing them down, nuff said.
Good talent, bad decision-making, it's a recipe for 8-8

You're right. Eli Manning has it happen too.

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